As promised, here are the sauce recipes from Tuesday night’s dinner. I recommend making them, detox or not! I really didn’t think the kale pesto was going to be that great, especially with the substitutions I made. The red sauce was made in case the pesto didn’t work out. Having 2 successful sauces in 1 night, was definitely exciting. You can never have too many sauce recipes!

Oh wow, I was just starting to get used to the idea of subbing walnuts for pine nuts in the pesto recipe. I didn't know that you could have kale in it too! Definitely a recipe worth checking out and recreating in my own kitchen :)

I'm actually intrigued by the idea of you doing a detox. I've tried to do one in the past, but not with much luck, mainly because my intentions and motivations for wanting to do the detox in the first place were not pure (it was to lose weight - and not the healthy way). Still, I really admire you and your restraint to go through with the detox; I know that it can't be easy. :-D

I'm loving these posts! I really am not a fan of detoxes because they are usually so restrictive that they are unhealthy and I think they just screw with your metabolism and end up hurting you..yours isn't like that. You're still eating a lot of calories--good calories! and not being restrictive. I think that this is great for people who are yo yo dieters or always planning their next detox to read!

This kale pesto looks good! I made a kale pesto (actually from 101Cookbooks) the other night, but I wasn't actually very impressed, which I am surprised to say. It was pretty bland. This version looks a lot more interesting though!

I'm not sure. I haven't weighed myself in about 2 weeks. I think I might lose 2-3 pounds from not eating wheat/bread type foods and also from water retention. I could always tell my body was retaining water and I'm sure this is helping to release it. I've felt like my stomach is flatter..but that is just because I haven't been quite as bloated. I'm not trying to lose weight at all, but just get my stomach back in check! :)

Thanks Abby. :) I totally agree about some detoxes that end up doing more harm than good, unless you are really really careful. I'm trying to make it obvious through my photos + snack explanations that I'm eating...a lot!

Well, we got 4 servings out of it. I was very liberal. :) It could have been thinned out a little more too and stretched a little further. It would probably be fine covering 1 box of pasta or a little less.

i'm enjoying reading about your detox. I had such a fantastic success with a detox that I did this past june for a month...i lost (and kept off!) all the weight that I gained from stomach issues that I had been having (related to gluten) and feel 100% better...it's inspiring to see you go through the whole process, and motivating me for the detox I'm planning in the spring...perhaps I'll do a mini one this month...there's just something so fantastic about it.keep it up!